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The Wingfoot Clan (Akron edition), Vol. 27, No. 5 (February 2, 1938)

02-02-1938 1

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Trol. 27
TICKE[S ON SALE
FOR OPERA LEAGUE
PLAY FEBRUARY 12
Princess Ting Ah Ling Is
Excellent Play With
Far East Setting
DRINCESS TINGAH
1 I•ING witli its Chinese
settiiig will bring intrigue
1111(1 rumors of war and love
triangles, aiid tuiieful melo-clies
to Goodyear Theater Sat-urday
night, Fel•ruary 12.
Tlie two-act musical play
will be presented by the Ak-roii
Liglit Opera Leagtie with
ati exeelletit cast of more tli:iii 60
I,eople. It is sponsored by the
P:itlifinder Trailer Club.
Tlii·ills and breatliless moments
of suspense are plentiful during
the elitire play whiell takes place
in tlie garden of King Ting in
the kingdom of Way Off Oil tlie
c,utskirts of China.
Beautiful Princess Tiiig Ali
T.itig in ]ter pieturesque royal
C·(,stlitile lias three ardent suitors
but by saving tlie kingdorn froni
dis:,ster Ali Lee Wills the Prin-
•·ess' liand.
In charge of the production is
Francesco B. DeLeone, well-known
local musical autliority,
nho also wrote the music for the
18 tuneful soiigs whieli are sung
cltlrilig the play.
TIc,ments of liumor nre many
:ind especially when Tu Fat loses
his appetite and the Maii of Magic
i,reseribes bouncing a medicine
ball :is the nieans to restore. it.
Admission prices are 50,35 and
25 cents, all seats.being reserved.
Adr•ance sale tickets are now on
Anle by v:irious clubs, Rudick's
:ind Lyon & Healy, and may be
( xt·11:inge,1 now without extra·
c·ost for reserved seats at the Em-
1,1(,rees' Activities Office.
See Peckinpaugh
Here On Tuesday
Next week is National Seout
Kwek. At 8 0'eloe.k next Tuds-day
night President Roosevelt
will speak over a national hookup
to the Scouts of America and all
Bc,y Scouts will be listening in.
Tlie event has an even greater
significance for the 'five Goodyear
troops for next week will mark
tlie twenty-seventh anniversary of
Goodyear Scouting.
Together with their families
and friends the • Goodyear Scouts
will gather in Goodyear Theater
nt 7:30 0'elock Tuesday to hear
the President, and to enjoy a
spprial prpgram wllich will have
gripping interest for every per-son
there.
Roger Peckinpaugh will be
there in person, as will Mel Har-der
and Luke Sewell and other
prominent •gures in baseball.
Per.kinpaugh managed the Cleve-land
Indians until several years
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1 T/7 'G-V R CIAN -..
AICRON EDITION
PROTECT OUR GOOD NAME
.\ IC RON, 01-I IO. WEDNESDAY, FEBRITARY 2, 1938
After 25 Years Of Progress Mechanical Goods Marches On
Wliile making progress in es-tablislied
fields the. Afechaitical
Goods Division re:iclies out iiito
new territory as new products are
1 4 C 1.
added. Tlie latest is AIRFOAAI,
a latex produet used for Illat-tresses,
pads, atid cusliiotiing.
Above, left, shows worknien
Earnings Not Affected by Shift Change
Short production iii the factory lins made it possible to eliniinate
one or more sltifts in departments where opprations are not con.
tinuous, and so allow employees to have their lunch and still put
in a full six-hour day's work.
As tliis change niakes the three per cent luiieli allowance un-ne.
eassary, an important eeonomy is effected, at a tinle wlien_every
economy niust be found. to bring Akron's 1,roduetion costs in line
witli tliose prevailing elsewliere.
At the s:inie tiizie the employefs' earnitigs are not affected, since
tliey are producing for tlie full six hours and beiiig paid for their
production.
'When the company put i.n the six-hour day to spread eniploy-ment,
it was tliought tliat emplgyees would not want to stop to
eat durilig the shift. However, coniplaints callie in and the men
asked for tlie restoration of tlie lunell trucks. Tliis was done, and
iii order that men wouldn't lose earnings because they stopped to
eat, a three per cent allowanee was added to piece-work rates.
Now that illen eaii take tinle out for lunch-15 niinutes in pro-duction
departments and 30 i.11 engineering, and still work the full
six hours, the three per cent allowance has been renioved.
OVER ONE HUNDRED
TO GET DIPLOMAS
Flying Squadron Exercises
Mark Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary
rlr HE Flying Squadron
1 will celebrate its 25th an-niversary
Friday · night -at
Goodyear Theatre, at which
time diplomas will be given
to the Apprentice Machinists,
the Engineering Squadron,
and the June and January
Production Squadron grad-uates.
F. B. Conrad will be master of
Ceremonies. W. T. Davis, Pro-duction
Squadron, will talk on
6 6 The Significance of Anniver-saries,"
A. D. Sharp, Engineer-ing,
on c c The Squadrons," and
Eddie Reninger, Apprentice
group, on 6 i Twenty·Five Years of
Progress. " Nfr. Litchfield and
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Don't miss a thriller-Goodyear
rs. Firestone iii Goodyear gym
Saturday night.
pouring tlie uncured AIRFOA•I
into a mold. Looks like cake bat-ter.
Right is Betty Wolfe, Speci-fications,
enjoying tlie luxury of
an AIRFOAM alitoillobile seat.
Don't Miss These
Features On Radio
Tonight -Al Cunnington
will interview W. M. (Pop)
Metzler, Hal Campbell and
R. R. Peebles of Mechanical
Goods-5:45.
Sunday-Hugh Allen-
6 6How Does a Manufacturer
Meet-Depression?"-a story
of Development and Research
6 P. M.
Feb. 9_66Bonneville
Flats," 8n unusual story of
tire testing-5: 45 P. M.
Feb. 13-6 6 Balloon Rac-ing,"
a continuation of Hugh
Allen's account of a thrilling
chapter in Goodyear his-tory-
6 P. M.
Illness of D. R. Burr, Consult-ing
JI anager of Mechanical
Goods Sales, cuts tlie Four Horse-men
of 11 eehariical (loods ( loirn to
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Metzler Campbell
The 6 6 Four Horsemen" of
Goodyear mechanical gbods were
lionored witli a dinner last night
celebrating tlieir 25-year • award.
However; the four men had put
in a total of 71 years in rubber
niechnnical goods outside of Good-year
before coming liere to start
the ne,v department. Tlie total
service is probal)lv without equal
Burr Peebles
in the industry. Tlie list includes •
WIll. 4 <Pop" Aletzles, 52 years;
D. R. Burr, 44 years; Hal Cnmp-bell,
43 years; and R. R. vPop "1
Peebles, 31 years. Total 170 years.
All but Burr were. born in or
around Akron, Burr starting his
business career in Columbus and
Peel,les :it Cuyahoga Falls where
he put iii 16 years in engineering l
zvork before coming to Goodyear.
No. 5
MECHANICAL GOODS
HAD TWENTY-FIF[11
BIRTHDAY TUESDAY
Quality Products Win For
Goodyear Reputation
That Is Envied
rlp HE Goodyear 1\Ieeliani-
1 eal Goods Division cele-biated
its twenty-fifth aiini-versary
besterdab• with no
faiifare of trunipets, in fact
inany einI,loyees ivei'e un-aivare
of the fact that the
divisioii liad just completed
25 years of progress.
There was only one diree-tioii
to go ancl that zv:is forzvard
wlien D. R. Bailey, D. R. Burr,
Willi:ini Aletzler, F. .T. Blake, G.
D. Pilgrini, R. R. Peebles, Hal
Campbell and others started tlie
division in February, 1913. For
the only products that might be
called mechanical goods which
were being manufactured tlien
were liorseslioe pads, and green
rubber frogs used for fisli bait.
At that time the mechaiiical
goods business was controlled by
a few long-establislied coiicerns
and the only way to get business
was in direct competition with
them. And, naturally, the first
orders were small ones, and that
brouglit probleriis of making just
enougli stock to fill theni. Hose
was being made for a score of dif-ferent
uses, belts iii various sizes
niid designs, many requiring dif-feretit
frietions and cover stocks.
Quality Came First
Two factors enabled the Me-elianieal
Goods Division to grow
and forge ahead into leadership
in man.v lines. First of these was
Quality. Riglit from the start
the division set a standard of
quality, only one and the best,
and soon Goodyear was known as
tlie builder of quality mechanical
goods.
Tlie otlier factor was the in-augurating
of original methods of
niereliandisiiig. Goodyear set out
to enable its meelianical goods
customers to derive greater '
value from the mechanical goods
installed, stressing careful .analy-sis
of the operating problems, 111-
spection, conservation, and cor-rect
application.
Eventually there was organized
a group unique in the .industry,
tlie G. T. M.. Goodyear Technical
Meii, trained nien, mostly gradu-ate
engineers, whose services were
offered to industrial plants to
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New Clan Schedule
Till further notice the Wing-foot
Clan will appear only
every other Wednesday. Em-ployee
organizations will hive
to get their notices in further
ahead than formerly. The next
issue will be out Feb. 16.
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TH
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Trol. 27
TICKE[S ON SALE
FOR OPERA LEAGUE
PLAY FEBRUARY 12
Princess Ting Ah Ling Is
Excellent Play With
Far East Setting
DRINCESS TINGAH
1 I•ING witli its Chinese
settiiig will bring intrigue
1111(1 rumors of war and love
triangles, aiid tuiieful melo-clies
to Goodyear Theater Sat-urday
night, Fel•ruary 12.
Tlie two-act musical play
will be presented by the Ak-roii
Liglit Opera Leagtie with
ati exeelletit cast of more tli:iii 60
I,eople. It is sponsored by the
P:itlifinder Trailer Club.
Tlii·ills and breatliless moments
of suspense are plentiful during
the elitire play whiell takes place
in tlie garden of King Ting in
the kingdom of Way Off Oil tlie
c,utskirts of China.
Beautiful Princess Tiiig Ali
T.itig in ]ter pieturesque royal
C·(,stlitile lias three ardent suitors
but by saving tlie kingdorn froni
dis:,ster Ali Lee Wills the Prin-
•·ess' liand.
In charge of the production is
Francesco B. DeLeone, well-known
local musical autliority,
nho also wrote the music for the
18 tuneful soiigs whieli are sung
cltlrilig the play.
TIc,ments of liumor nre many
:ind especially when Tu Fat loses
his appetite and the Maii of Magic
i,reseribes bouncing a medicine
ball :is the nieans to restore. it.
Admission prices are 50,35 and
25 cents, all seats.being reserved.
Adr•ance sale tickets are now on
Anle by v:irious clubs, Rudick's
:ind Lyon & Healy, and may be
( xt·11:inge,1 now without extra·
c·ost for reserved seats at the Em-
1,1(,rees' Activities Office.
See Peckinpaugh
Here On Tuesday
Next week is National Seout
Kwek. At 8 0'eloe.k next Tuds-day
night President Roosevelt
will speak over a national hookup
to the Scouts of America and all
Bc,y Scouts will be listening in.
Tlie event has an even greater
significance for the 'five Goodyear
troops for next week will mark
tlie twenty-seventh anniversary of
Goodyear Scouting.
Together with their families
and friends the • Goodyear Scouts
will gather in Goodyear Theater
nt 7:30 0'elock Tuesday to hear
the President, and to enjoy a
spprial prpgram wllich will have
gripping interest for every per-son
there.
Roger Peckinpaugh will be
there in person, as will Mel Har-der
and Luke Sewell and other
prominent •gures in baseball.
Per.kinpaugh managed the Cleve-land
Indians until several years
[Turn to Page 2]
1 T/7 'G-V R CIAN -..
AICRON EDITION
PROTECT OUR GOOD NAME
.\ IC RON, 01-I IO. WEDNESDAY, FEBRITARY 2, 1938
After 25 Years Of Progress Mechanical Goods Marches On
Wliile making progress in es-tablislied
fields the. Afechaitical
Goods Division re:iclies out iiito
new territory as new products are
1 4 C 1.
added. Tlie latest is AIRFOAAI,
a latex produet used for Illat-tresses,
pads, atid cusliiotiing.
Above, left, shows worknien
Earnings Not Affected by Shift Change
Short production iii the factory lins made it possible to eliniinate
one or more sltifts in departments where opprations are not con.
tinuous, and so allow employees to have their lunch and still put
in a full six-hour day's work.
As tliis change niakes the three per cent luiieli allowance un-ne.
eassary, an important eeonomy is effected, at a tinle wlien_every
economy niust be found. to bring Akron's 1,roduetion costs in line
witli tliose prevailing elsewliere.
At the s:inie tiizie the employefs' earnitigs are not affected, since
tliey are producing for tlie full six hours and beiiig paid for their
production.
'When the company put i.n the six-hour day to spread eniploy-ment,
it was tliought tliat emplgyees would not want to stop to
eat durilig the shift. However, coniplaints callie in and the men
asked for tlie restoration of tlie lunell trucks. Tliis was done, and
iii order that men wouldn't lose earnings because they stopped to
eat, a three per cent allowanee was added to piece-work rates.
Now that illen eaii take tinle out for lunch-15 niinutes in pro-duction
departments and 30 i.11 engineering, and still work the full
six hours, the three per cent allowance has been renioved.
OVER ONE HUNDRED
TO GET DIPLOMAS
Flying Squadron Exercises
Mark Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary
rlr HE Flying Squadron
1 will celebrate its 25th an-niversary
Friday · night -at
Goodyear Theatre, at which
time diplomas will be given
to the Apprentice Machinists,
the Engineering Squadron,
and the June and January
Production Squadron grad-uates.
F. B. Conrad will be master of
Ceremonies. W. T. Davis, Pro-duction
Squadron, will talk on
6 6 The Significance of Anniver-saries,"
A. D. Sharp, Engineer-ing,
on c c The Squadrons," and
Eddie Reninger, Apprentice
group, on 6 i Twenty·Five Years of
Progress. " Nfr. Litchfield and
[Turn to Page 2]
Don't miss a thriller-Goodyear
rs. Firestone iii Goodyear gym
Saturday night.
pouring tlie uncured AIRFOA•I
into a mold. Looks like cake bat-ter.
Right is Betty Wolfe, Speci-fications,
enjoying tlie luxury of
an AIRFOAM alitoillobile seat.
Don't Miss These
Features On Radio
Tonight -Al Cunnington
will interview W. M. (Pop)
Metzler, Hal Campbell and
R. R. Peebles of Mechanical
Goods-5:45.
Sunday-Hugh Allen-
6 6How Does a Manufacturer
Meet-Depression?"-a story
of Development and Research
6 P. M.
Feb. 9_66Bonneville
Flats," 8n unusual story of
tire testing-5: 45 P. M.
Feb. 13-6 6 Balloon Rac-ing,"
a continuation of Hugh
Allen's account of a thrilling
chapter in Goodyear his-tory-
6 P. M.
Illness of D. R. Burr, Consult-ing
JI anager of Mechanical
Goods Sales, cuts tlie Four Horse-men
of 11 eehariical (loods ( loirn to
[Turn to Page 2]
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